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CASE STUDY<\/span>

Paving the way for gender diversity in engineering<\/h2> <\/div>

Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult recognised as one of the UK\u2019s best workplaces for women.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div>\n \n

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\n Male – Female\n <\/span>\n\n \n\n
\n employee ratio has remained steady at 33%\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n
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\n “Women in Stem\u201d\n <\/span>\n\n \n\n
\n in the compound semiconductor industry has increased from 16% in 2019, to 22% in 2020, and 26% in 2021\n <\/div> <\/div>\n\n
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\n I am so pleased that we have achieved the accolade of UK\u2019s Best Workplaces for Women as voted by our own female employees. Equality, inclusion and diversity are extremely important to me and to Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult as a whole and I am confident that by achieving this ranking we are demonstrating that we mean business in these crucial areas. As an organisation, we continue to be committed to ensuring employees are able to reach their full potential, no matter who they are or what they do.<\/em> <\/p>\n \n

\n Clare Gunning<\/strong>
HR Director, Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult <\/div>\n \n \n
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Enabling all employees to reach their full potential<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In the UK only 16% of engineering graduates are women and 57% of female engineers drop off the register of professional engineers under the age of 451<\/sup>. There is a serious shortage of women engineers in the UK and the best way to close this gap is to increase diversity in engineering and widen the pool of talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult established an Inclusion Group and partnered with Inclusive Employers2<\/sup> to develop an action plan and programme of work to create an inclusive space where women feel valued and included.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Catapult has organised internal training sessions to support their colleagues to recognise and address their unconscious bias and has provided coaching and mentoring to women who are looking to progress in their career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family friendly benefits for employees of the Catapult includes flexible working well above and beyond any statutory requirements. Half of the senior leadership team are female and overall, 33% of employees are women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Catapult recently undertook their first employee engagement survey with Great Places to Work3<\/sup> and in July 2021 were listed as one of the UK\u2019s best workplaces for women, the criteria for which are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Organisation has a minimum of 25% women in the workforce
\u2022 Organisation has a minimum of 25% women in higher positions (Supervisor\/Manager and Executive\/Senior Manager)
\u2022 Confidence level of 80% (+\/-5%) for data from female workforce
\u2022 Trust Index\u00a9 for women population above Best Workplaces\u2122 thresholds<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Catapult has also organised external facing events addressing the topic of gender diversity in engineering. For example for International Women\u2019s Day 2021, the Catapult held an all-female panel discussion with 3 CEOs from the semiconductor industry and a senior manager from the Knowledge Transfer Network, where encouraging more women to undertake a career in STEM and how barriers for future engineers could be removed were discussed.
During the pandemic, the Catapult also ran online programming workshops, using Microsoft Teams, for local primary schools to encourage all children to take part in STEM activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE), Report – \u2018Closing the engineering gender pay gap\u2019, published January 2020<\/li>
  2. Inclusive Employers are the UK\u2019s first and leading membership organisation for employers looking to build inclusive workplaces.<\/li>
  3. Great Place to Work\u00ae is the global authority on workplace culture, helping organisations to create exceptional, high-performing workplaces where employees feel trusted and valued.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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